Dell Inspiron 531, Owner'S Manual

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Contents
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4 Troubleshooting Tools
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75
Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Dell Diagnostics
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80
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From
Your Hard Drive
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Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the
Drivers and Utilities
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
What is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 84
Resolving Software and Hardware
Incompatibilities
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Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 88
Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory
Image Restore
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91
Using the Operating System CD
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